Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-24
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BASE BALL on the Island Park this At
ternOon.
"NASoS" at the Opera House this
evening.
EIGHT cases were registered at police
headquarters last night.
THE Belmont nail plate department will
resume work this morning
BENsoN's ferry was compelled to stop
running yesterday on account OF the 10"
water.
IT rumored that Dunn has signed with
the Chicago club of the Northwestern
League.
THE funeral of the late Samuel Adams
took place from the family residence Sat
urday afternoon, and was very largely at
tended. The interment was private.
THE Grand Opening ball of the Wheel
ing Turner Association will take place
this evening at Turner Hall, and pleasant
time is anticipated. A large crowd VIII
no doubt attend.
Two men at the Bellairre nail works
while down in the bottom OF the tans
house repairing the machinery, were al
most smothered to death Friday Wnen uls
covered, by foul air.
A SUPPER will be given at the Flrs'
Baptist church, on Wednesday evening
under the auspices OF the Woman's Mission
Circle, for the benefit OF the church. IL
| abonI5 ha vvall natrOnlZel
FIVE mold-makers have been discharged
from Hobbs, Brockunier q Co. 8 factory,
which is interpreted TO mean that the tirn
find the demand for their popular designs
80 heavy that it is deemed unnecessary to
turn out new shapes at present.
A FORCE of Water Board employees were
engaged yesterday in moving out some Of
the plugs along South Main street, II
the line of the proposed new pavement
The work oecasi0ned some slight NEON
yenience in the lower end of town.
DAVE CoNAwAY knocked John Tracy
down at McLain's corner yesterday after
noon and kicked him several times. Both
men we're arrested by Officer West. Con
away is from Bridgeport and Tracy is
bricklayer.
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Com
psuy have commenced placing in position
the wire netting designed TO be placed
along the hand-rail az an additional ele'
ment of protection. The netting has been
adjusted for about seventy-fye feet at the
west end of the bridge, and is we'll and
substantially gotten up.
JOHN +. KELLY, attorney ut law o.
Bellaire, has entered suit in the Common
Pleas Court OF st. Clairsville for $4,000
damages against p. .. Criswell, deputy
sheriff of Belmont county, for arresting
him under writ Of attachment to compel
his attendance as a witness in the case Of
the State Ohio against VIM. ClOuse, before
the Probate Court.
AN AMUSING incident connected with
the shortage of natural gas, one day last
week, is related An East Wheeling lady
had large pot of apple dumplings on the
| fire in a half-cOoked condition, when the
supply of the new fuel suddenly ran out
The dinner hour was nigh, and after cudg'
cling her brains for u moment IN wild
hope that solution of the difficulty might
he arrived at before the contents of the
diuner-pOt cooled, the housewife, i'll mo
ment Of inspiration, seized the steaminl
vessel and rushing out the back way, fairly
flew down the alley to the house of a friend
a hundred yards away, upon whose Goa
fire the dumphngs were speedily brought
| to an eatable condition.